An artist's ramblings by Lynne Reichhart

This is primarily an art blog with some personal insight thrown in. I show my new paintings and discusss my on-line activities trying my darndest to sell them. I work in acrylics, watercolors and colored pencils along with other mediums that I attempt as I grow and learn as an artist. Thank you for stopping by!

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

My latest painting is from a photo I took in Florence, Italy. I love how people attach locks to iron railings and fences for good luck! It is so colorful and interesting that I had to paint it. This piece is done on 140 lb. Watercolor paper in professional watercolors. Use the button above to purchase from Daily Paintworks using Paypal.

I decide it would be fun to create prints digitally modifying the center lock to customize the piece. I have the print for sale on my Etsy site and a facebook giveaway going on right now until 3/24/15. Check out Facebook for all the details. In a nutshell, I will digitally customize the center lock for you with any text you like. Since the lock is small there are limits though. Up to 4 lines, 8 characters each max. Any text like Happy Birthday, Lynne or The Smiths or Good Luck, John. I am showing one with hubby's and my name. This would make a great gift or keep it for yourself! Enter here!

Thursday, March 5, 2015

My last post was a Work in Progress for this piece. I still had lots to do and I saved the tough stuff for last as I always do :) I am so please with how this piece turned out. I have found that reflections are not as hard as they may seem. What I do is under paint what is behind the reflection first and then dry brush the reflection over the top. Works well for me!

I was first thinking to call it 'Top Shelf China', but that didn't really do it for me. Then I thought of the song by the Band - Life is a Carnival, so why not 'Life is a Carnival Glass'. That worked!!!

I had a frame all ready for this and have it hanging next to my china cabinet so you can see the still life and the painting together. Typically, everything I do is for sale. My mentor thinks I should keep this one for myself. I do have it for sale right now though on Daily Paintworks. Thank so much for looking! Prints are also available on Fine Art America here: Buy Print!

Friday, February 6, 2015

I love to see works in progress. In the top photo you can see the reference I am working from. This one is challenging! The view is the top shelf of my china cabinet. I have lots of glass from my grandparents so it is all near and dear to my heart.

As you can see in the top photo, I toned the painting for light and shadow with blue and raw sienna. This gives me a road map and also gets rid of the white paper underneath if I miss getting color on a small spot it will not be glaring white. I worked on the background and the blue and white creamer in the front.

The 2nd photo show a close-up of the carnival glass in the lower left corner. All the color changes and reflections took me many hours to accomplish. I have made some more progress, but still have more to to. I will post the completed piece when I am done. Please check back to see it! Thanks for reading :)

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

I call this piece 'Autumn Ivy' It is a piece I did for the 2015 Twitter Art Exhibit in Moss, Norway. It is on its journey to Norway right now. If you haven't heard of the Twitter Art Exhibit - it is a great concept and really fun show. It is open to artists and amateurs alike - no jury process. All art is donated and all proceeds go to a selected charity which changes each year as does the location. If you are interested in participating, please visit The call for artists page. Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2015.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

I have recently finished this 14 x 11 acrylic on Canvas! It was a fun and challenging piece to do! Poppies have such papery, translucent petals that need to glow! I love the deep background shadows too with some of the foliage barely visible. It is interesting how sunlight makes some greens appear almost turquoise. I also love the little pop of lime green in the centers.

I did a smaller poppy painting for a collaboration with another artist and have been wanting to do a larger piece. This one is only a 5 x 7 piece.

I do a lot of florals and have many for sale on Daily Paintworks, Etsy and Fine Art America!

Monday, September 15, 2014

I must admit I was needing a con fix. I read in the local paper about a convention called Scare-a-con just 20 minutes away. I have been to some pretty big Sci Fi conventions and this looked like a small convention with some pretty good guests so heck - I'm in! It was very intimate and everyone was so nice.

There were some great panels with Dee Wallace and Eric Roberts and 3 folks from the walking dead. I have to admit I have never seen that show, but it is quite the phenomenon. My sister, husband and I opted for the photo op with the Walking Dead folks. From left to right, my husband, Madison Lintz, my sister, me, Lew Temple and Vincent Ward. Lew was the nicest guy. He shook hands and thanked everyone in line for the photo op. He became my buddy!!!

Dee Wallace gave a great talk and had some great stories from filming ET, Cujo and many more films. We stopped by her table for an autograph and she gave us a free photo op as well. Such a nice lady with a beautiful smile on her face all the time.

This was such a peasant experience - lots of fun stuff to purchase and parties that I did not attend. Very affordable and it quieted my con fix for awhile anyway :)

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Zazzle has some very cool new products! The watches have been around for a year or so, but they are newer to me. I love making them. There are watches suitable for men, ladies and children. The pig above is a fun kid's watch. It is so adorable!!! You can purchase the piggy watch here: http://www.zazzle.com/pink_pig_wrist_watches-256299810901935454

This is a large watch featuring my purple iris painting. This watch has a large face to really show off the art. There are some very pretty smaller face choices too. You get to choose the band/face for each watch face art selection. Very cool!!! Check them out. Find the iris watch here: http://www.zazzle.com/purple_iris_watch-256712483044071615

Check all my watch designs here! http://www.zazzle.com/artbylmr/watches With Zazzle, always look at the page to see it there is any sale going on. Use the coupon code provided to save some scratch!!